Artist Information Biography Canadian/American Citizenship - Can attain European Gena Perala is a singer, songwriter, and poet who is always out to challenge the way she and the people around her live and think. She spent much of her childhood summers on the Carnival Circuit with her parents, which could explain her astute lyrical insight into human nature and the world around us. This, combined with her intimacy on stage and vulnerability within her work, creates an atmosphere of poignancy and revelation. She works with an inspiring amount of determination, consistently expanding her talent and moving her audiences through both poetry and music. Her writing is raw, it's real and it's relevant. Gena started performing and competing in the Vancouver Poetry Slam before she found her guitar and her voice.  Since then she has performed for the United Nations, Sista'hood, Word on the Street and the PNE Main Stage to name a few.  Most recently she will be featured in Traveling, a film staring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart, she was also a featured artist for the documentary entitled "Fixing Capitalism" www.fixingcapitalism.ca and was the winner of the Rock the Vote Audio Contest in which she won $1500.00 telling people why they should vote. She has published 2 books of poetry, "I'm a Worst Case Scenario Type of Girl" and "Clean Getaway" and recently released her first solo album entitled "this ain't pretty", available at CdBaby.com, iTunes and www.genaperala.com.  You can also catch Gena performing around town with her band Tomgirl www.myspace.com/tomgirl Instrumentation Gena Perala- Singer, Songwriter, Piano, Guitar, Spoken Word Discography "This Ain't Pretty" - 2008 Links http://www.genaperala.com